Overview
- Based on a multi-disciplinary approach to one of the hardest problems in climate modelling and climate change science
- Combines physical intuition based on available observations to construct mathematical models that are easy enough to draw basic understanding on the subject and yet complex enough to capture the most important physical features, both quantitatively and qualitatively
- Links simple theoretical models with state-of-the-art climate models
- Uses new stochastic and deterministic methods in climate modelling
Part of the book series: Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE, volume 3)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Deterministic Multicloud Model
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Front Matter
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The Stochastic Multicloud Model: SMCM
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Back Matter
Keywords
- atmospheric circulation
- climate modelling
- tropical waves
- moist dynamics
- clouds
- precipitation
- convectively coupled waves
- Madden Jullian Oscillation
- intraseasonal variability
- tropical modes of variability
- cumulus parameterization
- Markov processes
- birth death processes
- coarse graining
- wave instability
- multi-cloud models
About this book
This book is a survey of the research work done by the author over the last 15 years, in collaboration with various eminent mathematicians and climate scientists on the subject of tropical convection and convectively coupled waves. In the areas of climate modelling and climate change science, tropical dynamics and tropical rainfall are among the biggest uncertainties of future projections. This not only puts at risk billions of human beings who populate the tropical continents but it is also of central importance for climate predictions on the global scale. This book aims to introduce the non-expert readers in mathematics and theoretical physics to this fascinating topic in order to attract interest into this difficult and exciting research area. The general thyme revolves around the use of new deterministic and stochastic multi-cloud models for tropical convection and convectively coupled waves. It draws modelling ideas from various areas of mathematics and physics and used in conjunction with state-of-the-art satellite and in-situ observations and detailed numerical simulations. After a review of preliminary material on tropical dynamics and moist thermodynamics, including recent discoveries based on satellite observations as well as Markov chains, the book immerses the reader into the area of models for convection and tropical waves. It begins with basic concepts of linear stability analysis and ends with the use of these models to improve the state-of-the-art global climate models. The book also contains a fair amount of exercises that makes it suitable as a textbook complement on the subject.
Reviews
“It is a valuable literature not only for professionals in climatology, but also for graduate students as a useful text book with numerous examples of practical exercise.” (Vladimir Čadež, zbMATH 1428.86010, 2020)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Models for Tropical Climate Dynamics
Book Subtitle: Waves, Clouds, and Precipitation
Authors: Boualem Khouider
Series Title: Mathematics of Planet Earth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17775-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17774-4Published: 15 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17777-5Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17775-1Published: 03 July 2019
Series ISSN: 2524-4264
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4272
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 303
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 95 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Simulation and Modeling, Climate, general